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House passes $788B bill including $1.6B down payment on Mexico border wall

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Updated: 4:33 PM CDT Jul 27, 2017

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The fence along the southern border of the United States where it meets Mexico.

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House passes $788B bill including $1.6B down payment on Mexico border wall

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Updated: 4:33 PM CDT Jul 27, 2017

The House has passed a $788 billion spending bill that combines a $1.6 billion down payment for President Donald Trump’s controversial border wall with Mexico with a whopping budget increase for the Pentagon.

The 235-192 vote both eases a large backlog of unfinished spending bills and gives Trump and his House GOP allies political wins heading into the August recess.

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Significant hurdles remain in front of the measure, which will meet with more powerful Democratic opposition in the Senate.

A potential government shutdown battle over the U.S.-Mexico wall looms this fall. The generous defense spending increases also run afoul of strict spending limits set by an earlier budget law.

For now, however, Republicans controlling the House cheered the measure’s help for military readiness and generous increases for veterans.